Anthea Loganís brother has been in prison for selling secrets to the enemies of the Crown, causing deep distress to his family, who have also withdrawn from the world. When he is released and has left the country, Anthea too is determined to rebuild her life and goes back to Balgarvie, a fishing village in the north of Scotland where she spent the last weeks of a happy carefree youth. She stays at its famous, and expensive, sporting hotel and visits her cousins at the Manse, but it is to Balgarvie harbour that she looks for peace and healing and to obliterate the past. But the past catches up with her, not only her brotherís past but her own past romance, and explodes dangerously about her ears.Originally published in 1966.; A new copy with faint edgewear. ; Image is actual copy on offer.